Oregon coach Chip Kelly will worry about this week and let the BCS take care of itself.Associated Press

Isn't the BCS dead yet? Do we really have to wait for 2014 for a playoff?

The pundits and crystal ball watchers are working overtime in an attempt to figure out what will happen if Alabama/Florida (one has to lose), Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame all are unbeaten when the smoke clears in December.

The problem is, we're still working with a system in which the nerds who program the six BCS computers and the poll voters who bring their own set of regional prejudices and biases make the determination.

If Oregon fans need another reason to worry, check out the CBSSports.com conference power ratings. The Pac-12 checks in at No. 3, behind the SEC and the Big 12. And Kansas State competes in ... the Big 12.

One man's interpretation: the Ducks are being dragged down in the standings because they occupy the same conference as Washington, Washington State, Colorado and Utah. Certainly Oregon's game with Colorado this week isn't going to help, no matter how large the margin if victory.

How bad is Colorado? In this critique, Denver Post writer John Henderson says the Golden Buffaloes are beyond awful.

Me? I think Oregon coach Chip Kelly has it right. This a bad system. But it's the system we have. The Ducks should continue to play hard, win, control what they can control, and see what happens.

Let's not forget that the BCS dysfunction is a problem for Oregon State as well. Lost in the hubub about the postseason is
the startling fact that the Beavers are unbeaten too. What happens to them if they finish unbeaten?